Miguel Barclay, a London-based chef and author, is best known for his ‘One Pound Meals’ cookbook and recipe series, which sees him create ‘delicious meals for less’ using his own price comparison app and thrifty cooking skills to make entire meals for less than a pound a head.

A champion of meal planning and waste reduction, Barclay created his ‘own style’ of cooking as an alternative to ‘needlessly over-complicated recipes that waste time and money’. Since launching his first One Pound Meals cookbook in 2017, he has followed up with three more budget cookbooks, including a vegan edition published earlier this year, with another due for release in December. Almost as well known for his Instagram feed as his recipes, Barclay recently won Best Instagram Feed at the 2019 Observer Food Monthly Awards and continues to share his meals and cooking tips with his 305k followers on the platform.